Yukito Kishiro () is a draftsman of Manga.

Yukito Kishiro was born the March 20th 1967 with Tokyo. It has grows with Chiba, a port city in the Baie of Tokyo. Any young person, it impassions himself for the drawing, creating especially monsters, deformed creatures, imagining very violent stories. Arrived at the college, it improves its techniques, being accustomed with the pencil and the feather and accumulating boards of drawing. In 1984 at 17 years it gains the first price of a contest orguanized by the magazine Shonen Sunday. With the news Kikai (Air Maléfique) history of envoûté spaceship and traffic of Drug, it is crowned better draftsman beginning and also receives the price of the young draftsmen of Shogakukan. It will still have to be waited a few years before it starts the trade of Mangaka. It continues its studies of art while continuing to draw. Starting from 1988, its stories are published in the magazines of Shogakuhan and Kadokama. In 1997, the editions Shueisha publish Hito, a collection of all the early works, where it starts to explore its topics of predilection.

Draftsman wonder, Yukito Kishiro continues a very personal work and counts many fans throughout the world - of which in particular the American realizer James Cameron which prepares a film adaptation of Gunnm for the year 2007.

Works

• Kikai (1984)

• Kaiousei (1988)
• Hito (1988)
• WAR - MEN (~1988)
• Dai-Majin (1989)
• Reflected Tokyo Headman (1989)
• Uchukaizokushonendai (1990)
• Gunnm (1991-1995)
• Ashman (the original title is Haisha) (1997)
• Gunnm Gaiden (1997)
• Aqua Knight Saga (1998)
• Gunnm Last Order (2000-)

Collection

• Hito

The Anglo-Saxon editions finding the title of Gunnm too similar to the word “gun” (revolver) renamed the series “Battle Angel Alita”, Gally heroin is also seen it renamed Alita consequently occasion. The album Haisha (Ashman in VF) him is named “Ashen Victor”.

External bond

• http://www.yukito.com/ the site of Yukito Kishiro